Open AccessIndigenous tooth powders = Covert lead poisoning?
Author(s) -
Shruti Hegde,
A B Shubha,
Dinesh Rao
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
indian journal of dental research/indian journal of dental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1998-3603
pISSN - 0970-9290
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9290.127609
Subject(s) - indigenous , lead poisoning , covert , dentistry , atomic absorption spectroscopy , materials science , lead (geology) , medicine , metallurgy , geology , biology , physics , quantum mechanics , ecology , linguistics , philosophy , geomorphology
The present study aimed to measure the concentration of lead in various indigenous preparations of tooth powders available and used locally in and around Udaipur, Rajasthan, India.